Concubine Chongxi: Binding the Medicine Jar to the Master

Chapter 68: Charming Soul (8)
Baili Jiuge smiled straightforwardly: "It's nothing, I can only cook well! I ate your adoptive mother's breakfast at your house that time, and I thought it tasted good, so I took the time to study the ingredients. and how to do it. Today I just wanted to do it on a whim, but I didn’t expect it to be so successful!”

Even Yu Lei sighed with his jaw dropped: "The imperial concubine's culinary skills are really good enough. There is a specialization in art. It is enough to be proficient in this one. If you can't play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, you can't do it!"

Hearing this, the expressions of the people around the table became richer at the same time, even Duan Yao, who was always cold and shameless towards Baili Jiuge, couldn't help laughing and said: "Yu Lei, why are you so openly sarcastic."

At this moment, Baili Jiuge was picking up a shrimp yuanzi and wanted to give it to Mo Li, she said with a nonchalant smile: "Fortunately, what Yu Lei said is the truth, I really don't know what every lady should learn." Yes, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are just a painting."

"The imperial concubine can still paint?" Yu Lei immediately became interested.

The shrimp yuanzi caught between Baili Jiuge's chopsticks suddenly fell on the table, less than two inches away from Moli's plate. She sighed for the pity, and felt palpitations. On the plate in front of Mo Li, he said to Yu Lei: "I just copied a few paintings in the past when I had nothing to do, I just understand a little bit, and I don't care if I don't mention it."

"Oh, this is a disappointment..." Yu Lei stuck out his tongue in dissatisfaction, while winking at Yuying and Yufeng.However, the two of them had their own food and obviously didn't want to talk to him.

But Baili Jiuge buried his head in eating breakfast and didn't look at others, so he didn't notice it. In Moli's eyes, there was a hint of deep speculation that seemed to be fleeting, and his gaze was fixed on Baili Jiuge's profile, and then suddenly disappeared again. gentle as ever...

After eating breakfast like this, Baili Jiuge saw that Mo Li was coughing a bit, so he went to get him some boiled water and told him to drink it, then he claimed to go for a walk on the street, left Shizi Mansion, and headed for Fangfei Hall .

Going to the Fangfei Pavilion here is naturally a deception.

Baili Jiuge walked in through the back door, went to his room, brought out the painting he had drawn for Yin Haochen, looked at himself in the painting, and couldn't help feeling mixed feelings in his heart.

After covering the scroll, put it aside, and then spread out new paper, Zhu Modanqing adjusted them one by one, and began to paint Rong Hui for Yin Ruyi.

To be honest, Baili Jiuge really thought it was a torture to his body and mind.

It's still a wind to draw this person who was poisoned by love last night and wanted to cheat on her.The fluent, sweet-talking playboy, especially his pair of almond-shaped eyes that can fly out like almond blossoms, makes him want to vomit when he draws it!

She even wanted to splash ink on the face of the person in the painting a few times.

In the end, Baili Jiuge finally finished painting Rong Hui with twelve points of patience and less than three points of seriousness. Although he felt that the painting was really bad, he didn't want to look at it anymore, so he quickly rolled up the scroll Get up, wrap it in cloth with Yin Haochen's painting, and prepare to send it to those two people.

Holding the painting, she just pushed open the door of her room and was about to go out, when she was confronted by the unwashed madam, she turned around with dark circles under her eyes, her plump fingers twisted into orchid shapes, and she poked Baili fiercely in displeasure. Jiu Ge's shoulder.

"I said Bai Qiang, what did you do last time? You even asked your husband-in-law to send you 1000 taels of gold. Are you pretending that he is blind and playing with him?"

Baili Jiuge was taken aback, and then remembered that there was still this problem.However, what the madam said sounds weird, as if Mo Li actually knows everything... how is that possible!She didn't believe that Mo Li guessed that she was Bai Qiang just from that one meeting!

So he said: "I just got angry and wanted to play with ink. Anyway, I got the gold, so you keep it for me first, and then take it away when I figure out what to use it for."

The madam's two small eyes rolled around three times quickly, and the corners of her lips raised, with a flattering smile: "I said Bai Qiang, anyway, I will help you take care of so much gold, right? It should be paid for the hard work." , how about giving me [-]%?"

Thirty percent?That's great!
"no!"

"Then... what about [-]%?"

"no!"

"Okay, then... it's done."

"Don't talk about it, I don't need a penny. It was given to me by Mo Li, and the fat and water will not flow to outsiders!" Inadvertently emphasized the word "I", as if emphasizing the relationship between myself and Mo Li.

The madam was speechless when she heard that, she squeezed her eyes and said, "White-eyed wolf! If you have a man, forget your mother!"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Baili Jiuge sneered with a smile: "How much money I earned from selling paintings is not enough, you have to share the money I ask for in private. I really can't stand it." How could Li Jiuge have such a friend who is ungrateful for profit!"

"Hey, Bai Qiang, don't you still want to say that you've made a bad friend by mistake!" The bustard's voice became more and more yin and yang.

"That's right!" Baili Jiuge sneered mercilessly, and turned to say: "Okay, I won't talk nonsense with you, I will send the painting quickly! Take Yin Haochen and Yin Ruyi down, and you will make a lot of money, see You still think I'm stingy!"

As soon as the voice fell, the person had already strode away quickly, and after a few light ups and downs along the stairs, he landed downstairs, strode like a star, and pushed the door out gracefully, regardless of the colorful expression on the madam's face at the moment.

Walking out of the Fangfei Pavilion and walking on the street, the rising sun is hanging on the cornice of the majestic imperial palace, brightly illuminating the world.The morning sun shone on Baili Jiuge, reflecting her very brightly; but the shadows formed by the reversed light covered the palaces and halls, and it was gloomy and gloomy.

The red dress undulates like a swaying phoenix flower, and the wide sleeves are blown gently by the morning wind. It is like morning clouds and evening mist while walking.

With a smile on her lips and bright eyes, she walked all the way under the constant gaze of people until she arrived at the gate of Yin Haochen's palace.

Just like the last time I stepped here, the row of gloomy guards in front of the mansion were all familiar, and none of them changed.At that time, they would be surprised when they saw her, but now, they were surprised and contemptuous.

Forget it, how many people in the capital are not full of contempt for her?
She doesn't care anymore, as long as the people she cares about treat her well, other people who don't care, go as they please!
So he climbed up the steps without any hesitation, walked up to the guards who were full of sarcasm, looked directly at them with bright eyes, and said with a loud smile: "Miss Bai Qiang from the Fangfei Hall asked me to deliver paintings to the King Chen, hurry up Inform Yin Haochen, I don't need to say the importance of this painting, you all know it!"

The faces of the guards changed. Although they all ridiculed Baili Jiuge's ignorance in their hearts, they all knew the seriousness after all, so they didn't reply, and obediently informed Yin Haochen.

After a while, a maid came out of the mansion and brought Baili Jiuge in.

He still walked towards the main hall of the palace along the road from last time, and he still had to pass through a garden and then cross a stone bridge on the road.Last time I came here in a hurry, so I didn't look at it carefully, but this time I was in a different mood, but I read a lot more.

To be honest, Yin Haochen's palace is a bit slovenly from the buildings to the gardens, without traces of the exquisite craftsmanship popular in the Shang Dynasty, on the contrary, it is very casual, which is also in line with the style of Yin Haochen's general and prince.

Baili Jiuge looked at it for a while, and under the guidance of the maid, he came to the main hall.

Just like last time, Yin Haochen stood alone in the middle of the main hall, with his hands behind his back, and he greeted her with a calm face.

He was still wearing the black wide-sleeved robe and the big cloak with five black dragons twisted around it.The head is tied with an ebony wood crown, and an eagle-headed ebony wood hairpin is attached.A turquoise stone is placed squarely in front of the waist, and worn on a black-gold lily-knotted belt.He stepped on black brocade boots and walked two steps slowly, a dull light surged from the bottom of his dark eyes.

The eyes kept intersecting, and Baili Jiuge suddenly wanted to sigh: Yin Haochen, things are right and people are wrong!

"Nine Songs..."

After all, it was Yin Haochen who spoke first, his frowning brows furrowed deeply on his forehead.

"Jiuge, why are you here?"

Baili Jiuge smiled sassyly: "Miss Bai Qiang from the Fangfei Pavilion is sick in bed, because I am still familiar with her, so she entrusted me to deliver paintings to you!"

Yin Haochen stared at Baili Jiuge in disbelief, his cold eyes suddenly became depressed, and he said: "The last time I went to the Fangfei Pavilion to ask for a painting, I wanted to see Miss Bai Qiang, but she was hiding from me everywhere. In the end, the king chased her away. Afterwards, he sent people to invite him many times, and the old bustard of the Fangfei Pavilion said that Miss Bai Qiang was ill, and the king wanted to go again, but after all, he couldn't bear to be rude to her anymore." He said in a low voice. Then, his eyes fell on the painting scroll held by the singer of Baili Jiu, "Give the painting to this king."

"En." Baili Jiuge handed it over, only to feel that Yin Haochen's hands seemed to tremble when he took the painting.

I'm afraid that what is rippling in his heart is pious expectation.

Thinking of it this way, I had mixed feelings in my heart, and I was speechless, just watching Yin Haochen slowly unfold the scroll, so that the willful and unrestrained fairy in black in the painting appeared in front of his eyes, as if he was witnessing a real person.

The dark eyes burst into a rare brilliance. This was the first time in Baili Jiuge that Yin Haochen showed such a stunning and deeply attached look. He was staring at the painting in his hand, and followed the painting with one hand Bo slowly passed by, but when he was about to touch the cheek of the black-clothed fairy, he stopped suddenly, as if he did not dare to desecrate this beauty.

In Baili Jiuge's eyes, Baili Jiuge felt even more uncomfortable.

Yin Haochen, oh Yin Haochen, it was you who were infatuated, but in exchange I missed you!

Can't help but coolly said: "Is the woman in this painting your sweetheart?"

Yin Haochen trembled sadly, the look in his eyes at this moment was so surprised and guilty, that it was hard for Baili Jiuge to look directly at him.

She squinted her eyes and said with a cold smile: "When I saw the painting you showed to Fangfei Museum, I understood. I guess, there must be her reason for you renouncing my marriage back then."

Being caught by the words, Yin Haochen smiled wryly, frowned and remained silent for a long time, then laughed at himself: "Retiring the engagement on the day of hunting is the biggest mistake of this king. At that time, this king should have known that you were framed by someone, but at that time, you were in a bad mood. Distracting thoughts flashed by, and they actually hurt you like that, and brought you to this situation."

Baili Jiuge knew that the distracting thoughts he was talking about were the fairy in black, she just smiled meaninglessly: "I told you earlier, don't blame yourself, I'm doing well now, Mo Li is very kind to me."

As soon as Mo Li was mentioned, Yin Haochen's eyes darkened suddenly, and he became serious.

"Jiu Ge, you should know the reason why Brother Huang married you to Prince Zhou."

"I know, so what?" He couldn't help but sneer.

He said in a deep voice: "It is precisely because you are in such a passive and dangerous situation that this king will feel guilty every day." With a long sigh, he said deeply: "It would be great if I didn't withdraw the engagement at that time..."

Looking at Yin Haochen's expression of strong guilt, Baili Jiuge couldn't help but feel sore in his heart.In fact, why didn't I understand Yin Haochen's difficulties?And why didn't he know that he was actually a good person, but he accidentally made the choice to withdraw the engagement?

She knew that that choice must be too much for him to regret.Especially... if one day his identity is exposed, I don't know what kind of heart-piercing mood he will feel.

After thinking about it, I couldn't bear the distress, so I comforted: "You should stop thinking about it, the past is destined to be irreversible, and there will be no 'if'. I know you are not bad, so don't always think about it. Thinking that you owe me too much, you should find your own happiness!"

Yin Haochen smiled wryly: "I don't have any happiness to speak of..." He stared at the figure in the painting again, and said, "In the twelfth lunar month of last year, it was she who saved my king from the killer's sword." From then on, this king could no longer accommodate other women in his heart. However, she refused to even tell this king her name, and just disappeared, even though this king sent many men to search for her There are still no traces..."

She laughed at herself: "I'm afraid, she is just a dream of this king. But this king actually abandoned the real you for this illusory dream."

Baili Jiuge couldn't speak, at this moment, he just felt that his internal organs were so sour that they were so sour that they were about to be twisted into balls.

She lowered her eyes slightly, trying to adjust her mood, and when she raised her eyes again, she was clear and innocent, frank and clear, staring straight into Yin Haochen's cold eyes, and the corners of her lips curled up.

"This is the end of the matter, don't think about it anymore. My master always told me that everyone has their own destiny. Think about it, isn't this the truth? Today you feel guilty for me, and you are haunted by the person in the painting. But maybe in the future, I will worry about the other person and make a promise of life and death." She gave a big smile, and patted Yin Haochen's shoulder encouragingly, "Besides, I'm really good now, really! I know how to measure myself , will find a way to maintain my life!"

Yin Haochen stared at Baili Jiuge in surprise, and suddenly felt that her sassy and bright smile seemed familiar, she was so indulgent and romantic, and her eyes were shining brightly, shining like a sword out of its sheath ...This dazzling, why is it like...why is it like...

no, I can not.

Jiuge would not be the fairy in black who saved his life.

This is just his fantasy.

On the contrary... Miss Bai Qiang from the Fangfei Pavilion, at a glance, she was somewhat similar...

He gathered his eyes and asked: "What does Miss Bai Qiang look like when she was born?"

The sudden question made Baili Jiuge a little startled, and replied with a smile: "To be fair, she is indeed extremely beautiful, but she is still inferior to the fairy in black in your painting."

"Isn't Miss Bai Qiang a fairy in black?"

Baili Jiuge's heart tightened, and he replied: "How could it be? Miss Bai Qiang is just a first-time painter. I saw her weak and sick, and she was in a brothel, so I taught her a few tricks of lightness kung fu and escaping skills. Because she only paints and doesn't accompany guests, she doesn't want people to see her true face. She also told me what happened last time. She was afraid that you would use your status as a prince to force her to do something, so she hid you."

After telling this long series of lies, Baili Jiuge really felt ashamed of herself, but she couldn't reveal her identity, let alone let Yin Haochen collapse when he learned the truth.

As she expected, Yin Haochen seemed to believe it, sank for a moment, and then mentioned another matter.

"You must keep the gold medal for avoiding death that the king and his sister-in-law begged for you. If one day the emperor turns his back on you and wants to kill you, you will also be spared the death penalty."

Baili Jiuge was surprised: "You... Could it be that you had long expected that Emperor Zhaoyi would marry me to Mo Li, and then that my life and death would be unpredictable?"

Yin Haochen shook his head, but nodded heavily, and said: "It's because Mr. Rong proposed to marry you, which angered Ruyi. This king knew that Ruyi would not let it go, so he proposed to let the emperor's brother compensate you, just the emperor's wife Saying the gold medal for avoiding death is in line with the king's wishes. The original intention of the king is just to fear that Ruyi will harm you."

Baili Jiuge shrugged helplessly.Yes, Yin Ruyi did make trouble for her time and time again, but the hidden arrows were much stronger than the open guns, and it was not something that a gold medal for avoiding death could prevent.However, if one day he was judged by Emperor Zhaoyi as being unfavorable in his affairs and was about to be executed, he might be able to use the death-avoiding gold medal to anger him.

Thinking of this, he became a little more kind to Yin Haochen.After all, he really has a crush on her, even if he broke off the engagement, he can still be friends!

She smiled brightly.

"Yin Haochen, thank you! Anyway, I'm very happy that you can think about those things for me. And when Gu Lian was pestered by King Yu, you were the one who stood up to help us out. You are also good to Li Huo... So, if If you can let go of your guilt, I am willing to be good friends with you, do you think this is good?"

Yin Haochen's body trembled again, and he looked at Baili Jiuge with some surprise. At this moment, he was infected by her frank smile, and a kind of warmth spread to thousands of veins.

The usual gloomy and indifferent handsome face finally showed a slight smile, Yin Haochen nodded lightly, and replied: "Okay."

"That's great." Baili Jiuge happily grabbed his hand, just like the last time he passed the mansion, and gave him a high five as an oath.

"Then it's settled! From now on, we will be friends, the green mountains will not change, and the green water will flow forever!"

It seems that Yin Haochen, who has always been well-behaved, was a little more active as if she had repeatedly exaggerated her, smiling and repeating her Jianghu idiom: "The green mountains will not change, and the green water will flow forever."

That's about it, Baili Jiuge is in a good mood, and after taking the painting money, he is going to leave Chenwang's mansion and go to Yin Ruyi's princess mansion to deliver the painting.

Before leaving the mansion, Yin Haochen who sent her to the door asked a little more: "Who is the other painting in your hand going to?"

"For Yin Ruyi, she asked Miss Bai Qiang to draw Rong Hui."

"For Ruyi...?" Yin Haochen seemed to be thinking about something, and after a while he whispered: "Remember to be careful, don't annoy Ruyi again."

"Okay, thank you for reminding me, but even if I don't mess with her, she won't let me go. That's it, I put the painting and leave in broad daylight, and she can't do anything to me."

Saying so, he turned around and stepped out of the wooden threshold, raised his hand and waved carelessly towards Yin Haochen who was behind him, and the red skirt undulated like waves, striding away.

But what Baili Jiuge didn't expect was that when she asked in front of the princess's mansion, she was told that Yin Ruyi was not in the mansion, but had gone to the brothel with her son-in-law and his concubines.

Baili Jiuge didn't understand it, so he asked which flower street it was, but he heard the name of the most inferior brothel in Chaodu.

This is really strange enough, Baili Jiuge didn't bother to think about Yin Ruyi's abnormal behavior for a while, so he went to the brothel to find her, and the real thing was to give the painting and get the money.

So I changed my way to the inferior flower street.

Baili Jiuge had never set foot in that smoky place, because there were all sorts of scumbags there, and it was impossible to meet any enemies in the world, and fight with each other to cause trouble.Furthermore, since it is the most inferior kiln, there must be few from prostitutes to customers. It is really uncomfortable to come here to find Yin Ruyi.

Arriving at this street, Baili Jiuge walked all the way, attracting the attention of passers-by.They are usually looking for women on this street, how have they ever seen such a flamboyant woman dressed in bright red?

(End of this chapter)